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Find Your Voic(ings)! Sep 27, 2019
So here are three questions I hear all the time in my lofty capacity as a pedagogical micro-star in the teeming Youtube firmament:
 
1. How do...
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The Dominant Dozen Sep 26, 2019
From time to time I find myself trying to explain great lines from certain movies to my kids, usually just after I've used one out of context and...
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Gray Ladies, Cheese Weasels and The Horizontal 3-Step Sep 25, 2019
About four years ago, there was a story in the New York Times Magazine about "the new digital creatives." The gist was that despite the erosion of...
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Egregious Bloviation Sep 12, 2019
I got an email this week from Cliff, who I've known since I was teaching at the National Guitar Workshop back in the twentieth century. He took...
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Hellooo, Zeeba Neighba Sep 05, 2019
It's a dubious honor, but I've managed to live in several of the more hipster-approved neighborhoods during my nineteen years in Austin. At one of...
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Workshop Last Call, With Incidental Canine Details Sep 03, 2019
I have told a lot of shaggy dog stories in my life, so it's undoubtedly karma that I am now 25% responsible for one of the shaggier dogs I've ever...
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Elucidation At 3 O'Clock Sep 03, 2019
Registration for my Blues Chord Substitutions workshop closes at midnight EST tonight. I've got just a few spaces left, which I'm filling on a...
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It's Just Three Chords Sep 01, 2019
On the surface, the blues seems simple – hey, it's just three chords! – as do other blues-based songs that may not be literally 12 bars...
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